This is a list of some of the pig breeds considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Italian.
Principal breeds
Apulo-Calabrese, also Calabrese, Nero di Calabria, or Nero Calabrese Casertana, also Di Teano, Pelatella Cinta Senese Duroc Italiana Italian Landrace Large White Italiana Mora Romagnola Nero di Parma Nero Siciliano Pugliese Sarda
Minor and historic breeds
Abruzzese Basilicata Bastianella Bergamasca Nera Borghigiana Calabrese Catanzarese Chianina Cosentina Faentina Forlivese Friulana Nera Fumati Gargano Garlasco Lagonegrese Macchiaiola Maremmana Murgese Napoletana Fulva Nero dei Lepini Nero dei Monti Dauni Meridionali Nero Reatino Parmigiana Nera Perugina Reggitana Riminese Rossa Modenese Samólaco San Lazzaro Siciliano Suino delle Nebrodi e Madonie Valtellina
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Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. . Archived 23 June 2020.
Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. .
Breed data sheet: Italy, Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.